Photographer Aaron Hautala (right) and writer Michael Nordskog (left) are currently gathering material for a book to be published by the University of Minnesota Press in the fall of 2010 about saunas in the Lake Superior region. This sauna book will consider everything from Finnish immigrant saunas dating back to the Civil War era to the latest architectural examples, while telling the stories of sauna use from the distant past to current enjoyment by those who seek the benefits of the relationship between sauna and health.
Checked out your talk at the Swedish American Institute last night and loved it. Wanted to let you know that there is a functioning savusauna in northern Minnesota that was built a few years ago. I came across it on Kalle Hoffman's Sauna FAQ (great resource).
ReplyDeleteI emailed the owner out of curiosity and was told that it takes 6 hours to heat up. You can see 3 picture of it if you scroll down on Kalle's Sauna FAQ at:
http://www.kalle.com/sauna_faq.html
It looks great, doncha think?